Hi Wayne, it was great seeing you and John at the Florida Fiesta- I hope you both enjoy APPDA...you will both be an asset to the program- and add to the kind of people we want to be involved with. If you go to the website under events- it is just a general outline of what is going to go on- in the forum topic...?APPDA seminar...or APPDA upcoming events- you can find this post- not very easy-
APPDA SEMINAR TENATIVE SCHEDULE
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APPDA Seminar
Plan of Events
Friday 2-22-08: 10AM-11AM- Introductions of the APPDA BOD and Decoys and meeting and greeting of all visitors to the seminar.
11AM-1PM- ENTRY LEVEL OB training with members and visitors.
1PM-2PM- Lunch.
2PM-5PM- Bite work training with members and visitors.
5PM-6PM- Meeting for a recap of the day and to answer any questions about the program.
Saturday 2-23-08: 8AM-9AM- Registration for Seminar
9AM-11AM- Introductions of the APPDA BOD and Decoys. Prayer by Mac McClendon. Singing of National Anthem by Country Singer Winston Slade. Demonstration of the APPDA PPD and PSD exercises.
11AM- Begin all of the PPD entries. After all dogs have been through the PPD exercises, we will begin with the PSD side of the program. We will let the Handler and dog teams run through the program as many times as they would like-time permitting. We will continue to run through all of the exercises until all of the teams who have entered have had plenty of practice with the program and fully understand it. At Registration please specify what side of the program you are entering, (you may enter both) . We will not stop for lunch however lunch will be available on site,Thanks to the " Backyard burger"-they will be opened for business... starting at 12PM. You may purchase your tickets( Tickets are $6 per plate)at the registration table. The seminar will continue until 7PM.
7PM- We thought we could all meet at the Golden Corral for dinner- there is a room in which we can all sit together-they have a variety of choices for all those picky eaters...and the price is reasonable.
Sunday 2-24-08: 9AM- Continue the Seminar if needed. We will hold Decoy Certs for any decoys who want to be certified through APPDA. After the certs for those that participated on Saturday-we can continue to work with dog teams, on exercises they prefer.
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